Alfred Edward Housman (A. E. Housman)

Alfred Edward Housman (A. E. Housman)

24 giorni fa -

Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.

Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.

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Alfred Edward Housman (A. E. Housman)

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It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.

It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.

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Alfred Edward Housman (A. E. Housman)

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In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.

In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.

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Alfred Edward Housman (A. E. Housman)

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The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.

The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.

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Alfred Edward Housman (A. E. Housman)

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Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.

Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.

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Alfred Edward Housman (A. E. Housman)

24 giorni fa -

The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.

The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.

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Alfred Edward Housman (A. E. Housman)

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I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.

I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.

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Alfred Edward Housman (A. E. Housman)

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Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.

Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.

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Alfred Edward Housman (A. E. Housman)

24 giorni fa -

Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.

Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.

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Alfred Edward Housman (A. E. Housman)

24 giorni fa -

I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word.

I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word.

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Alfred Edward Housman (A. E. Housman)

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If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.

If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.

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Alfred Edward Housman (A. E. Housman)

24 giorni fa -

The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.

The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.

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